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Long-awaited Right to Buy rules changes a ‘shot in the arm’ for council housing

|Date: 4 April, 2023

Long-awaited Right to Buy rules changes a ‘shot in the arm’ for council housing

London Councils has welcomed the new relaxation of restrictions on how local authorities use the money ra ...

London Councils has welcomed the new relaxation of restrictions on how local authorities use the money raised through Right to Buy sales. The cross-party group says policy changes announced by the Gov ...

4 April, 2023
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Royal Borough of Greenwich buys 265 homes from Lovell Partnerships in Woolwich

|Date: 10 October, 2022

Royal Borough of Greenwich buys 265 homes from Lovell Partnerships in Woolwich

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has agreed to pay Lovell £87.5m for the purchase of 265 homes in Woolwich, ...

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has agreed to pay Lovell £87.5m for the purchase of 265 homes in Woolwich, to be let at social rents to people on the Council’s housing waiting lists. The homes will be ...

10 October, 2022
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Royal Borough of Greenwich agrees delivery of 265 new council homes on former Woolwich Estates

|Date: 22 July, 2022

Royal Borough of Greenwich agrees delivery of 265 new council homes on former Woolwich Estates

The Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Cabinet has agreed to pay Lovell Partnerships £87.5m for the purchase o ...

The Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Cabinet has agreed to pay Lovell Partnerships £87.5m for the purchase of 265 homes, to be let at social rents to people on the Council’s housing waiting lists. The ho ...

22 July, 2022
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Legal Update | RTB receipts drive resurgence in council housing

|Date: 13 June, 2022

Legal Update | RTB receipts drive resurgence in council housing

Local authorities are increasingly using right to buy receipts to purchase rather than build council hous ...

Local authorities are increasingly using right to buy receipts to purchase rather than build council housing, says Charlotte Cook, Partner in the Social Housing team at Winckworth Sherwood. Local auth ...

13 June, 2022
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Nottingham City Council to buy more homes to meet housing need

|Date: 8 July, 2019

Nottingham City Council to buy more homes to meet housing need

Nottingham City Council has approved plans to buy back more than 250 former council houses. The four-year ...

Nottingham City Council has approved plans to buy back more than 250 former council houses. The four-year scheme — approved at the Council’s Executive Board meeting in June — will involve more than 30 ...

8 July, 2019
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Housing White Paper — encouraging signs that government is listening to councils

|Date: 7 February, 2017

Housing White Paper — encouraging signs that government is listening to councils

In his speech unveiling the new Housing White Paper earlier today, Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, The Secretary o ...

In his speech unveiling the new Housing White Paper earlier today, Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, said “local authorities have a vital role to play ...

7 February, 2017
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